Found 2 items, similar to modem.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: modem
modem
n : (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic
equipment consisting of a device used to connect
computers by a telephone line
English → English (gcide)
Definition: modem
modem
\mo"dem\ (m[=o]"d[e^]m), n. [by shortening from
modulator-demodulator.]
An electronic device that converts electronic signals into
sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to
transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary
telephone lines; also called
modulator-demodulator; as, the
latest modems can transmit data at 56,000 baud over a clear
telephone line. The speed of transmission of information by a
modem is usually measured in units of
baud, equivalent to
bits per second.
[PJC]
modulator-demodulator
\mod"u*la`tor-de`mod"u*la`tor\, n.
An electronic device that converts electronic signals into
sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to
transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary
telephone lines; usually called a
modem.
[PJC]